Chapter 9: Pluto is a what?!
That bastard got his way.
He knew of my arousal by him.
He knew of my lineage.
And he knew how to manipulate me.
I was at the end of my rope, finally deciding that I needed to get out of this hell hole. It was bad enough I was sort of bought and brought here against my will (in a non-hostile kind of way of course). Not to mention the hormonal butler who is now engaged to me, and said cheeky bastard had blown the secret that I was a demon. Long story sort, I needed to leave. I had made the decision to sneak out at night, when everyone was asleep. For now though, I had to suffer through the day. First I was to help Mey Rin get the good china from the cupboard, we had guest arriving today with very important business to discuss, then I had to help Finny with the garden, the kid couldn't handle gardening sheers, and finally I was to help Bardroy actually cook something. These three were truly brain-dead incompetents; I really wonder why Sebastian would hire such fools. Even still, I liked them. But I still hated Pluto. The bratty mutt was a thorn in my side.
"Hold still you quivering little tramp, tromp, WHAT THE HECK DO YOU CALL A BOY MUTT?!" I screamed trying to hold his head still. He had gotten loose from his collar and Sebastian had ordered me to put it back on. Stupid Git.
"Come on!" I growled. He just would not put the stupid collar on. It must have been a riot to watch me run after the damn thing!
"Sofina!" Mey Rin yelled from the pantry inside.
"Hold on, I'm coming!" I yelled finally having captured him and getting the collar on. "Stay down mutt!"
I ran to the house quickly flattening the wrinkles in my outfit. I didn't have time to waste on the door so I just jumped through the open window. Mey Rin must not have expected it because she cried out and shattered the dishes in her hand.
"Relax, Mey Rin, it's me." I sighed staring at the mess on the floor. No doubt this would be my responsibility. Just then Sebastian walked in.
'Crap,'
"What on earth is going on in here?!" He looked at Mey Rin and down at me next to the window. I could see it already he was going to blame this whole situation on me.
"Mey Rin clean this mess up, Sofina have you helped Finny yet?"
"Y-yes Sir, right away!" Mey Rin blushed.
"Good, Sofina…" He turned to me. Rather than make another scene and have another late night visit from Sebastian I decide it would be best to be respectful.
"Not yet, Sir, I am on my way now." I bowed hiding my disgust.
"Very well, get to it, time is running out." And with that he exited. I exhaled in relief. This time I would just swallow my pride so I could high tail it and run later. I turned on my heel to retrieve the other plates from the pantry. I placed them on the counter and gave Mey Rin a dire look.
"Do not touch these, I will be back."
"O-ok," she shoke.
I walked out of the kitchen without a second word to go see Finny. The blonde gardener was hard at work trimming the hedges.
"Hey, Finny, I'm here to help!"
"Ah, Sofina! That's great! I could use help trimming these branches, there's a pair of sheers over there." He motioned to the steps where Pluto had made himself comfortable. He growled at my approach.
"Watch it, Mutt!" I snorted back. He gave me a disapproving look then turned away. I grabbed the sheers and walked over to Finny. I walked over to him has he trimmed some off the top. When I looked up at his handy work I noticed that he wasn't accurate and his work was sloppy.
"Um, Finny," I began.
"Hold on, I'm almost finished!" He continued to trim at an alarming pace.
"Finny stop….you need to look at what you're doing." I pointed to the line of shrubs. He followed my finger to the problem. The trees were roughly clipped and sloppy, not really pleasing to the eye.
"Oh, no! I ruined it!" Finny whined, trying to run to the other end of the yard to fix the mess of trees.
"No, no! It's fine! I can fix it!" I took the sheers from his hand and smiled lightly. He looked at me with sudden curiosity then it was replaced with ultimate joy.
"Thank you so much, Sofina!" He hugged my hips tightly. "Is there anything I can do to repay you?!"
"If you could get Pluto out of here that would be awesome." I sighed winking at him.
"Mmmhmm," He smiled running over to the dog. I smiled at him again. He was a strange boy but I did like him a lot. Which I guess isn't much since the only one I could compare him to was Sebastian. Finny still wasn't enough to make me want to stay.
"No amount of money in the world would make me want to say here." I smiled lightly. It took me a whole hour to fix everything but it was worth it…..I think.
"Thanks for all your help!" He smiled.
"No problem." I said walking away.
"Uh, where are you going, Sofina?"
"I still have to help Bardroy."
"Oh," Finny chimed, "Okay!"
I walked down to the kitchen in fear I may run into the reason I was doing all of these meaninless chores. After all, he was the reason I planned to run away tonight. When I arrived in the kitchen I was more than sickened to find Sebastian there. He turned when I entered the room and he had a look of surprise on his face.
"May I ask why I am receiving a strange look from you?" I bowed holding back my abhorrence.
"Oh, no, it's nothing." He smiled slyly.
"Yes Sir," I growled under my breath.
"Why are you here?" He asked never removing his eyes from my form.
"Obeying your orders to assist the help," I responded.
"Ah, very good." He walked from the room, the smile never leaving his lips. "I'm glad you are taking my advice from last night."
I shuddered. I didn't want to remember last night at all. Just then Bardroy walked in from the freezer.
"What are you doin' here, Luv?" He had his goggles drawn down to his face, slung over his back was his infamous flame thrower.
"I'm here to help you PROPERLY cook dinner!" I growled snatching the dumb toy from him.
"Hey!" He reached for the weapon.
"Let's get this over with." I sighed. We worked in silence preparing the meal for the young lord. Listen to me calling that brat a young lord.
"Sofina, what's wrong?" Bardroy asked.
"Hmm, oh nothing. I was just wondering….Bardroy, how long has Sebastian been here?" I asked not thinking.
"Huh? Since ever I guess," He said, "Why'd you ask?"
"Oh, Never mind, I wasn't thinking." I said ignoring his glare. We finished in record time, then I was off again. I looked at the clock, only five hours left until midnight. If I could last till then I could make it out of this pit of despair alive. I ran to the maid's courters and changed into a new outfit. Only one thing left to do, put the mutt away. I followed the same path I learned while my stay here to the dog's house. Outside and around the side of the house, past the rose bushes, through the trimmed hedges, to the gigantic green house where the mutt slept. I slide the door open and walked through.
"Hey mutt, you in here?" I called out. A strangled yelp came from behind a median sized pot. "Mutt is that you?"
I walked around the pot to the noise. A wild shriek ripped from my lips as I turned my back to the noise, for there in the place of the noise was a naked man with white hair and blood red eyes. My face must have been bright red, I was seeing stares, I was lost, terrified, I started yelling in embarrassment and rage.
"WHO THE HECK ARE YOU, YOU SICKO? YOU BETTER GET LOST YOU CREEPY LITTLE PERVERT!? PLEASE LEAVE, NO, LEAVE NOW OR I WILL KILL YOU!" I didn't know what else to say. The man looked at me and smiled leaping into my arms.
"AHHHHHH! GET AWAY, YOU SICK PERV!" I screeched throwing him. He fell to the floor and I hightailed it out of there. I ran as fast as I could and I ran and ran and ran. Until suddenly I ran into a brick wall. No a man. Sebastian to be exact.
"Miss Sofina, what on earth are you doing running like a foolish child?" He lifted me up.
"A..*huff**huff* pervert…*huff*..in the green house." I gasped through wheezes.
"A pervert?" He asked. He looked behind me. "Ah, I see, well, never mind that, go on inside, I will see to this pervert." And with that he was off leaving me a wheezing mess on the floor.
'What the heck was that thing?! I mean Who?'
"Sofina?" Finny asked coming around the corner.
"Finny! There's a pervert in the garden shed!" I started throwing my fist around for emphasis, "He has white hair and red eyes and he has a collar around his neck with like silver studs and and and…!"
"Oh, that's Pluto!" He smiled.
"PLUTO?!" I gasped in complete in confusion and exaggerated failure.
"Oh, we must have forgotten to tell you he can turn into a man!" He rubbed the back of his head.
"FORGOT?" I cried. And with that my world went black. The only thing I can remember doing was whispering, "I really hate that mutt!"